Ezekiel 29:15-17

Contemporary English Version

¹⁵ and won't ever be strong enough to rule nations, as they did in the past. ¹⁶ My own people Israel will never again depend on your nation. In fact, when the Israelites remember what happened to you Egyptians, they will realize how wrong they were to turn to you for help. Then the Israelites will know that I, the Lord God, did these things.

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia Will Conquer Egypt

¹⁷ Twenty-seven years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the first day of the first month.^[a] He said: